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I'm Sorry (Delfonics song)

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"I'm Sorry"
Single by The Delfonics
from the album La La Means I Love You
B-side"You're Gone"
ReleasedApril 1968
Recorded1967
GenreR&B, Soul, Philadelphia Soul
Length2:41
LabelPhilly Groove
Songwriter(s)Thom Bell, William Hart
The Delfonics singles chronology
"La-La (Means I Love You)"
(1967)
"I'm Sorry"
(1968)
"Break Your Promise"
(1968)

"I'm Sorry" is a R&B/Soul song by the American vocal group The Delfonics, released in April 1968. The song was the Delfonics' second chart single and the follow-up to their smash hit "La-La (Means I Love You)", which went to number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100; "I'm Sorry" was quite reminiscent of their earlier hit, complete with similar-sounding "la la las". "I'm Sorry" just missed the pop Top 40 (peaking at number 42), but was a solid performer on the soul chart, hitting number 15.[1]

Jonestown Massacre

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"I'm Sorry", and several other soul tunes, were unintentionally included in the background of Jim Jones' infamous Death tape, an audio recording made during the Jonestown Massacre of November 18, 1978.[2] The music (which sounds muffled and played at off-speed, resembling a church organ in spots) was originally recorded onto the source tape, then recorded over by Jones, resulting in a "ghost recording". "I'm Sorry" can be heard at the very end of the tape after Jones stops talking, played at half-speed.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 153.
  2. ^ "The Jonestown Death Tape (FBI No. Q 042)". Archive.org. 18 November 1978. Retrieved 15 July 2022 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Reversed Speech and Soul Music On Q 042 – Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple". Jonestown.sdsu.edu. Retrieved 15 July 2022.